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- Page, David L., M.D.
Professor of Pathology and Preventive Medicine; Pathologist
Phone: 615-322-3759 - Page-McCaw, Andrea, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: 615-875-5841Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) can cleave components of the extracellular matrix. They are upregulated in most tumors and are believed to facilitate tumor growth and invasion. Accordingly, MMP inhibitors have been the targets of several clinical trials. Yet the use of MMP inhibitors as therapeutic agents has been prob . . .
- Pao, William, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Cancer Biology, & Pathology/ Microbiology/ Immunology; Director, Division of Hematology and Oncology; Ingram Professor of Cancer Research; Director, Personalized Cancer Medicine; Medical Oncologist
Phone: 615-936-8422Dr. Pao is a physician-scientist with a special interest in thoracic oncology. Dr. Pao's research focuses on identification of genes involved in the pathogenesis of lung tumors and stratifying tumors intoclinically relevant molecular subsets. Using information derived fromthese experiments, Dr. Pao seeks to improve treatment for patients . . .
- Parikh, Alexander A., M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery; Surgical Oncologist
Phone: 615-322-2391Dr. Alexander A. Parikh is board certified by the American Board of Surgery (General Surgery) and the Society of Surgical Oncology. His clinical interests focus on cancers of the GI and biliary tract including the esophagus, stomach, liver (primary and metastatic lesions), pancreas, small intestine, colon and rectum. . . .
- Park, Serk In, D.D.S, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology; Researcher
Phone: 615-936-7607The primary goal of my laboratory aims to address what makes bone the most favored organ of prostate cancer spreading. Advanced-stage prostate cancer patients uniformly develop bone lesions (i.e. bone metastasis), resulting in severe pain, immobility, and ultimately death. A major hurdle to develop means of preventing o . . .
- Parks, Leon L, MD
Asst Prof of Clinical Medicine - Parl, Fritz F., M.D., Ph.D.
Prof Pathology Dir Clinical Chem; Researcher
Phone: 615-343-9117 - Pearson, A. Scott, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Surgical Oncology); Researcher
Phone: 615-322-2391 - Pedchenko, Tetyana V., Ph.D.
Research Instructor; Researcher
Phone: 615-936-3442 - Peek, Richard, Jr., M.D.
Director, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition; Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition); Professor of Cancer Biology; Researcher
Phone: 615-322-0128 - Penson, David, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Urologic Surgery; Director, Vanderbilt Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research; Urologic Surgeon/Oncologist
Phone: 615-322-2880Dr. Penson is a board-certified urologic oncologist who focuses on urological malignancies, particularly bladder and prostate cancer. He is an internationally recognized expert in the care of both of these common cancers and is also a federally funded researcher with a . . .
- Perkins, Stephanie, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: 615-322-2555Dr. Perkins is an Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology. She completed her training at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University. Dr. Perkins treats both adults and children with a wide of spectrum of brain tumors including gliomas, metastatic brain tumors, acoustic neuromas and meningiomas.&l . . .
- Peterson, Neeraja, M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor (Internal Medicine); Researcher
Phone: 615-936-1010 - Pettepher, Cathleen C., Ph.D.
Professor; Researcher
Phone: 615-343-3427 - Pham, Wellington, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences; Researcher
Phone: 615-936-7621 - Phillips, John A., M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Biochemistry, Medicine, and Pathology; Researcher
Phone: 615-322-7601 - Phillips, Joy, AS
Administrative Officer
Phone: 615-322-0751 - Pietenpol, Jennifer A., Ph.D.
Director, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Benjamin F. Byrd, Jr. Professor of Oncology; Professor of Biochemistry; Administrator and Researcher
Phone: 615-936-1512Jennifer A. Pietenpol, Ph.D., is the director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and Professor of Molecular Oncology. She has led the center's basic science and translational research programs as associate director since 2002 and is a past program leader for Signal Transduction and Cell Proliferation, one of seven research programs in . . .
- Pietsch, John B., M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatrics; Pediatric Surgeon
Phone: 1-800-811-8480 - Pinson, C. Wright, M.D., M.B.A.
Deputy Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs; Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs; CEO of the Hospitals and Clinics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Liver and Hepatobiliary Surgeon
Phone: 1-866-748-1495 - Piston, David W., Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics; Professor of Physics; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Researcher
Phone: 615-322-7030 - Pohlmann, Paula, M.D., M.S.C.I., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Medical Oncologist
Phone: 615-936-8422 - Pope, John C., IV, M.D.
Associate Professor; Pediatric Urologist
Phone: 1-800-811-8480 - Porter, Ned A., Ph.D.
Stevenson Professor and Chair of Chemistry; Researcher
Phone: 615-343-4371 - Potter, Amy, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine; Pediatric Endocrinologist
Phone: 615-322-7427Amy Potter, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine in pediatric and adult endocrinology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Houston. She received her medical degree at the Medical School of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Potte . . .
- Pozzi, Ambra, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and Cancer Biology; Researcher
Phone: 615-322-4637 - Press, Steven G., D.D.S.
Assistant Professor; Oral Surgeon
Phone: 615-322-2377The Vanderbilt Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery provides comprehensive services in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of congenital, developmental, and acquired deformities and diseases of the oral cavity, jaws, and facial region.
- Price, James O., Ph.D.
Asst Prof; Dir Flow Cytometry Pathology Lab SVC; Researcher
Phone: 615-811-5859 - Price, Ronald R., Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences; Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Researcher
Phone: 615-322-3190Dr. Price is Professor of Radiological Sciences and is a leading expert on the development of non-invasive methods to image cancer.
- Puckett, Beverly, R.N.
Clinic Nurse; Support/Psychologist
Phone: 615-936-8422 - Purcell, Gretchen P., M.D, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Informatics; Pediatric Surgeon
Phone: 615-936-1050Dr. Purcell is board certified laparoscopic pediatric surgeon. She has a strong interest in both fetal and neonatal surgical technique. Dr. Purcell joined the Department of Pediatric Surgery as assistant professor. Her doctoral study of information science included projects in context-based searching, creation of annals extracts and analys . . .
- Putnam, Joe B. (Bill), M.D.
Professor and Chair of Thoracic Surgery; Ingram Professor of Surgery; Professor of Biomedical Informatics; Thoracic Surgeon
Phone: 615-322-0064Dr. Putnam has extensive experience in the surgical management of a wide spectrum of thoracic diseases including lung cancer, esophageal cancer, pulmonary metastases, benign and malignant pleural diseases, and mediastinal and chest wall tumors. He has expertise in resection of complex thoracic tumors including advanced cancers, the multi-disciplina . . .
- Puzanov, Igor, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Associate Director, Phase I Program; Medical Oncologist
Phone: 615-936-8422Dr. Puzanov . . .
